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0. R. STEVENSON.

TRACK FOR IRUNKS,

APPLlCATIOH FILED APR. 24. 5915.

Patented May 20, 1919.

ASSIGNOR Tl) NATIONAL VENEER A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

TRACK FOR TRUNKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 24, 1515. Serial No. 23,707.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLEs .R. STEVEN- soN. a citizen of the United States, residing at'Mishawaka, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tracks for Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tracks for trunks and it more especially embodies the features hereinafter pointed out in the annexed claims.

The purpose of my inventionis to rovide for wardrobetrunks, etc. a simple 'orm of garment hanger tracks which will be economical to manufacture; that will be quite rigid and preserve their individual alinement throughout the life of the trunk; that has the smallest possible number of pants; that is quickly and positively assembled, that leaves the head of the trunk tree from cross bars, pull out devices, etc; that re lieves the trunk body from unnecessary strains by not attempting to rigidly connect the two side tracks to each other leaving the elasticity of the trunk as a whole unimpaired.

With these and other ends in view I illustrate in the accompanying drawing such instances of adaptation as will dischise the broad features without limiting myseli to the specific details shown.

Figure lis a front elevation instancing the application of an adaptation, showing only the upper portion of a trunk body.

Fig. 2-is a side elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3is an enlarged plan view of a form of track rod limit stop.

Fig 41-is an enlarged end elevation of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5-is a side elevation similar to Fig. 2 showing a means of'lightening the track supports.

In wardrobe trunks the use of rigid frame structures reaching from side to side for holding the tracks together or for linking the pull out members into a unit may secure great strength of these parts but not without sacrificing the elastic factor of the trunk as a Whole. In my form or" adaptation I allow the inherent elasticity of the trunk body to have pull lay without unduly stressing certain portions through the over rigidity of other parts. Furthermore all the garment hangers sin'iply rest on the individual tracks without accessories of any kind.

Any suitable form of trunk body may be used, having sides and back, 1, joined to a top 2. To the sides, track supports, 3, are secured. As instanced in the drawing, these may be stamped and formed out of sheet metalv so as to have great strength without excessive weight as illustrated in Fig. 2, or they may be made lighter, as shown in Fig. 5 by cutting out certain portions in any desired manner. These track supports are made right and left hand, so that they may be bent away from the sides, 1, as at l, to offset the track centers and provide clearance room for the free movement of the ends of garment hangers 13 and 14. A short vertical portion 5 connects with the rolled over portion (5 which is bent into an approximate tube having a slot 10 formed therein by causing the end of the roll to not quite meet the portion 5.

The extensible portions, 7, of the tracks may be formed of solid rods, tubes or any suitable means which may be moved independently of each other. Turned up ends, 8, serve as finger pulls by means of which the extensions are pulled out as needed. In order that such extensions are not withdrawn entirely to the inconvenience and-annoyance of the user pins, 9, maybe placed in extensions, 7 These slide in slot, 10, and in their extreme forward position they engage a pressed up stop, 11, that projects into the slot. When the extensions are operated independently of each other the pins, 9, also serve to hold ends, 8, in a vertical position.

Patented May 20, 1.919

It is of course obvious that any form of knob or handle may be substituted for ends, 8.

If it is found desirable to connect the front ends of both extensions, 7, so as to permit of their being pulled out together, a connecting bar, 12, may join them.

From the description of the instanced adaptations it will be apparent that a onepiece track support extending the entire length of the track extensions, in their closed positions, insures the absolute integrity of sac 1 track unit, a result t 'wt unattainable when the ends of a si ask section are supported independently each other.

It is also aloparent that the tracks contain 'few parts are simply made, and most citieient in use.

Under certain circumstances tracks may depend from the trunk top, if desired.

What I claim is 1. In a trunk, a one-piece sheet metal track conforming in length to the depth of a side of the trunk and having a supporting part adapted to be directly secured to the trunk body, an integral part projecting; from the supporting part at an angle thereto and terminating in a roll Whose extreme free edge is bent to almost complete a circle having a continuous slot from end to end between the edge and the body portion of the track, a projection extending into the slot near one end thereof. 7

2. In a trunk, a one-piece sheet metal track, comprising difierent parts formed integrally with each other which consist of an attaching part adapted to be directly soneoeeee cured to a trunk body, a roll portion forining atuhe with a continuous slot through out its length, a supporting part for the roll off set from the attaching part to form a clearance between the roll and the trunk body, a connecting part between the latter, and a projection extending into the slot.

3. As a, new article of manufacture a onepiece sheet metal track formed with a supporting part adapted to directly secured to a trunk body, an integral part projecting therefrom so as to terminate in a discontinuous roll forming a slot throughout its length the roll almost constituting a complete circle, and a projection therefrom extending into the slot.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES R. STEVENSON.

Witnesses H. A, ROBINSON, W. W innoznenn. 

